Scorpion

Upper Volta 1966Republic of Congo 1999Indonesia 2004
Emperor Scorpion
Pandinus imperator
(Scorpionidae)
Giant Black Scorpion
Palamneus fulvipes
(Scorpionidae)
Javanese Forest Scorpion
Heterometrus cyaneus
(Scorpionidae)
Bhutan 1997North Korea 1989United Arab Emirates 1999
Giant Hairy Scorpion
Hadrurus hirsutus
(Buthidae)
Manchurian Scorpion
Buthus martensii
(Buthidae)
Arabian Fattail Scorpion
Androctonus crassicauda
(Buthidae)


Annobon Islands 2013 COPPER-NICKEL
Scorpion
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Emperor Scorpion
Pandinus imperator
(Scorpionidae)
(SCORPIONES)
Urodacus
Urodacus armatus
(Urodacinae)
(SCORPIONES)
Viviparous Scorpion
Liocheles australasiae
(Hemiiscorpiidae)
(SCORPIONES)
Yellow Fattail Scorpion
Androctonus australis
(Buthidae)
(SCORPIONES)
Five Keeled Gold Scorpion
Leiurus quinquestriatus
(Buthidae)
(SCORPIONES)
South African Giant Fattail
Parabuthus transvaalicus
(Buthidae)
(SCORPIONES)
Buthid
Isometrus europaeus
(Buthidae)
(SCORPIONES)


Scorpion has scissors, is 8 legs and is the living thing which has the needle of poison at the tip of a tail. There are quite many kinds, and identification is very difficult, if there are many kinds which the form color etc. resembles very well and fine places, such as a form of a nail, are not seen in addition to this, although said to be 1200-1600 kinds. Between the fallen trees, the tree which decayed, the bottom of a stone, and hole are dug, and it lives in it. It lives in a desert, tropical rain forests, etc. in the world. It seldom moves, but in order to be almost in a nest and to take night and food, the circumference of a nest is searched loiteringly. It eats mainly insects and small animals etc.. It is said that digestive juices are taken out from a mouth and what was melted is inhaled. A thing like small scissors is in a mouth, and it eats using it. The poison of a tail is various from a strong thing to a weak thing. Keep in mind a strong thing that people may die. Most kinds fling up scissors, and the needle of poison is lifted, it gets angry and they go wrong. There are some which are threatened to sound in inside.

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